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I’m addicted to shows like “NOVA” (one of the few important outcomes of PBS).

Season 50, Episode 37 is labeled “Black Hole Universe” is one of those. I’m not a man of science. I wish I were but … to be even close to being on par with the kind of scientists in this episode, I’d have to be many times smarter.

I love science. I just don’t do it very well.

But the main presenter is an astrophysics, from Yale (I think). To even be able to summarize the history of the development of this branch of science implies an even greater IQ.

Kudoa to PBS.
 
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I’m addicted to shows like “NOVA” (one of the few important outcomes of PBS).

Season 50, Episode 37 is labeled “Black Hole Universe” is one of those. I’m not a man of science. I wish I were but … to be even close to being on par with the kind of scientists in this episode, I’d have to be many times smarter.

I love science. I just don’t do it very well.

But the main presenter is an astrophysics, from Yale (I think). To even be aboe to summarize the history of the development of this branch of science Implies an even greater IQ.

Kudoa to PBS.
If you like space-based sciences, watch "How the Universe Works"

I've been watching that show forever now.

NOVA had an episode out three days before I was born about SN-1987A. It spoke about how they first detected neutrinos from a supernova for the first time.

Season 15 Episode 1: Death of a Star

I loved NOVA as a kid on Channel 8 (the PBS station in my state). I rented that episode on VHS from the library repeatedly.
 
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I’m addicted to shows like “NOVA” (one of the few important outcomes of PBS).
Season 50, Episode 37 is labeled “Black Hole Universe” is one of those. I’m not a man of science. I wish I were but … to be even close to being on par with the kind of scientists in this episode, I’d have to be many times smarter.

I always watch Nova, it is the best thing PBS has. I think tonight's show is part two on black holes. I haven't watched it yet. Be sure to catch part one from last week called Black Hole Apocalypse. I am a man of science, came within an inch of going into astronomy as a career, and last weeks show was actually pretty good at explaining a few difficult concepts from Einstein's realizations to the Schwarzschild radius.

Schwarzschild's calculations (done on a napkin) are what took black holes from pure theory to the realization that they were actually possible. Today, we have not only proved black holes but have even imaged them indirectly by the torus of energy surrounding their event horizon!


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[blush] ... I tend to watch Nature more often ... can y'all forgive me? ...

Nature is good too just as is Science of the Dead. Anything with David Attenborough is good.
They tend to run all three together on the same night. Really just about the only time I watch PBS except for a few cooking shows.
PBS News is crap.
They also run some good stuff on parks, Europe, music and stuff.
 
I’m addicted to shows like “NOVA” (one of the few important outcomes of PBS).

Season 50, Episode 37 is labeled “Black Hole Universe” is one of those. I’m not a man of science. I wish I were but … to be even close to being on par with the kind of scientists in this episode, I’d have to be many times smarter.

I love science. I just don’t do it very well.

But the main presenter is an astrophysics, from Yale (I think). To even be able to summarize the history of the development of this branch of science implies an even greater IQ.

Kudoa to PBS.

I've always been more of a "when science/engineering screws up" person.

So shows like Air Disasters, Engineering Catastrophes and the Chernobyl mini-series are more my cup of tea.
 
I've always been more of a "when science/engineering screws up" person.
So shows like Air Disasters, Engineering Catastrophes and the Chernobyl mini-series are more my cup of tea.

Then you should definitely catch a TV series they currently run on Quest, but I'm sure can be found elsewhere. Most of the episodes are called MAYDAY, but a lot of them are also called MAYDAY: Air Disaster. Most of the hour long shows are about horrific plane crashes gone terribly wrong but there are also a few episodes on bad train wrecks.

The go into a really great analysis of what happened or what is known, then delve deep into an analysis of how they figured out WHY it happened.
 
I’m addicted to shows like “NOVA” (one of the few important outcomes of PBS).

Season 50, Episode 37 is labeled “Black Hole Universe” is one of those. I’m not a man of science. I wish I were but … to be even close to being on par with the kind of scientists in this episode, I’d have to be many times smarter.

I love science. I just don’t do it very well.

But the main presenter is an astrophysics, from Yale (I think). To even be able to summarize the history of the development of this branch of science implies an even greater IQ.

Kudoa to PBS.

We live

in the middle of infinity
 
Then you should definitely catch a TV series they currently run on Quest, but I'm sure can be found elsewhere. Most of the episodes are called MAYDAY, but a lot of them are also called MAYDAY: Air Disaster. Most of the hour long shows are about horrific plane crashes gone terribly wrong but there are also a few episodes on bad train wrecks.

The go into a really great analysis of what happened or what is known, then delve deep into an analysis of how they figured out WHY it happened.

it's the same show as Air Disasters, they just use a different name for it on some channels for some reason.

I got confused by it the first time myself.

They also make one called Disasters at Sea.

I was 11 when the Challenger blew up. After I got my Engineering Degrees I re-read the accident report.

All that failure starting with a cold hard O-ring....
 
I’m addicted to shows like “NOVA” (one of the few important outcomes of PBS).

Season 50, Episode 37 is labeled “Black Hole Universe” is one of those. I’m not a man of science. I wish I were but … to be even close to being on par with the kind of scientists in this episode, I’d have to be many times smarter.

I love science. I just don’t do it very well.

But the main presenter is an astrophysics, from Yale (I think). To even be able to summarize the history of the development of this branch of science implies an even greater IQ.

Kudoa to PBS.
 
A cold hard o-ring that they knew and were warned could fail if the shuttle were launched in temperature below a certain point. But they did not listen.

We reviewed the case in my Undergrad Engineering Ethics class. I watched a video of Roger Bojalay explaining the meeting they had, and how it made him thing they had a real real problem.
 
A cold hard o-ring that they knew and were warned could fail if the shuttle were launched in temperature below a certain point. But they did not listen.

There was need to have the thing in orbit for Reagan's State-of-the-Union speech that night ... if I remember correctly, there were already weeks and weeks of delays ... with the public watching because of the civilian school teacher they were launching ...

The engineers gave a "no-go" ... but they did not listen ...
 
I’m addicted to shows like “NOVA” (one of the few important outcomes of PBS).

Season 50, Episode 37 is labeled “Black Hole Universe” is one of those. I’m not a man of science. I wish I were but … to be even close to being on par with the kind of scientists in this episode, I’d have to be many times smarter.

I love science. I just don’t do it very well.

But the main presenter is an astrophysics, from Yale (I think). To even be able to summarize the history of the development of this branch of science implies an even greater IQ.

Kudoa to PBS.

The anti-science trumpanzees are coming, better watch all the NOVA you can before its too late, I mean, we don't want the public benefitting from public money do we...

 
We reviewed the case in my Undergrad Engineering Ethics class. I watched a video of Roger Bojalay explaining the meeting they had, and how it made him thing they had a real real problem.
There was need to have the thing in orbit for Reagan's State-of-the-Union speech that night ... if I remember correctly, there were already weeks and weeks of delays ... with the public watching because of the civilian school teacher they were launching ...

The engineers gave a "no-go" ... but they did not listen ...

I had a friend at an atomic power lab that might have been related to the Shuttle in some way who gave me a thick printout of the entire report on the failure. I don't remember all of the details but basically, they made the decision to ignore the warnings and launch anyway out of concern for the public image of the space program not being robust and indefatigable.

Guess that failed.
 
I had a friend at an atomic power lab that might have been related to the Shuttle in some way who gave me a thick printout of the entire report on the failure. I don't remember all of the details but basically, they made the decision to ignore the warnings and launch anyway out of concern for the public image of the space program not being robust and indefatigable.

Guess that failed.

Also that NASA would find another supplier for the auxiliary booster rockets.
 
The anti-science trumpanzees are coming, better watch all the NOVA you can before its too late, I mean, we don't want the public benefitting from public money do we...

Hemlock Homeless ^ insists on posting off topic troll shit all the time.
 

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